Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A stage-coach plying in connection with a packet whose arrival and departure depended on the tide.

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  • That very afternoon he went to Gravesend in the tilt-boat, from whence he took place in the tide-coach for Rochester; next morning got on board the

    The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

  • That very afternoon he went to Gravesend in the tilt-boat, from whence he took place in the tide-coach for

    The Adventures of Roderick Random Tobias George Smollett 1746

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